The Photographer of Mauthausen
Spanish	El fotógrafo de Mauthausen
Directed by	Mar Targarona
Written by	Roger Danès Alfred Pérez Fargas
Produced by	István Major Joaquín Padró Mar Targarona
Starring	Mario Casas Macarena Gómez Alain Hernández
Cinematography	Aitor Mantxola
Edited by	José Luis Romeu
Music by	Diego Navarro
Production companies	Rodar y Rodar We Produce 2017 AIE Filmteam
Distributed by	Filmax
Release date	26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
Running time	110 min
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Photographer of Mauthausen (Spanish: El fotógrafo de Mauthausen) is a 2018 Spanish biography drama historical film directed by Mar Targarona [es] starring Mario Casas, Macarena Gómez, and Alain Hernández.^[1][2] The film tells the history of the photographer Francisco Boix during his life in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.^[3]

Actor Mario Casas lost 12 kg in weight while preparing to play the part of the malnourished Boix.^[4]

Plot

Based on the true story of Spanish Civil War veteran Francisco Boix, a prisoner at Nazi German Mauthausen concentration camp, who preserved and hid photographs of the conditions at camp. Boix and his fellow prisoners risked their lives to save negatives and evidence of the atrocities committed at Mauthausen.

Cast

Production

The film is a Rodar y Rodar, We Produce 2017 AIE and Filmteam production, and it had the participation/collaboration of RTVE, TV3, ICCA, ICEC, and Netflix.^[5]

Release

Distributed by Filmax,^[5] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 26 October 2018.

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